pesticida

Catalan

Pronunciation

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Noun

pesticida f (plural pesticides)

1. pesticida

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pes.tiˈt͡ʃi.da/
• Rhymes: -ida
• Hyphenation: pe‧sti‧cì‧da

Adjective

pesticida m or f by sense (masculine plural pesticidi, feminine plural pesticide)

1. pesticidal

Noun

pesticida m (plural pesticidi)

1. pesticide

   Synonym: fitofarmaco

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English pesticide. By surface analysis, peste +‎ -cida.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pes.t͡ʃiˈsi.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pes.t͡ʃiˈsi.dɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʃ.t͡ʃiˈsi.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pes.t͡ʃiˈsi.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɛʃ.tiˈsi.dɐ/ [pɛʃ.tiˈsi.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: pes‧ti‧ci‧da

Noun

pesticida m (plural pesticidas)

1. (agriculture) pesticide (generic term for insecticidal substances used to protect plants from attack by parasites)

Usage notes

Pesticides used in agriculture are more commonly called agrotóxicos.

Further reading

• “pesticida”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pesticida”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “pesticida”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From peste +‎ -cida.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pestiˈθida/ [pes.t̪iˈθi.ð̞a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /pestiˈsida/ [pes.t̪iˈsi.ð̞a] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: pes‧ti‧ci‧da

Adjective

pesticida m or f (masculine and feminine plural pesticidas)

1. pesticidal

Noun

pesticida m (plural pesticidas)

1. pesticide

   Synonym: plaguicida

Further reading

• “pesticida”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025